English-Dutch translations for martyr

• martelaar
  Moge de Heer deze heldhaftige martelaar, die vandaag is Mosul gestorven is, de eeuwige rust schenken. May the Lord grant eternal rest to the heroic martyr who died today in Mosul.
  Dit was geen beroep op het Reglement, maar ik was zo goed geen martelaar van u te maken. It was not a point of order, but I had the good grace not to make a martyr of you.
  De zekerste manier om die uitkomst te garanderen, zou zijn als Israël hem tot martelaar maakt. The surest way to ensure that outcome would be for Israel to make a martyr out of him.
• martelares

Definition of martyr

• One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom
• One who sacrifices his or her life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause
• To make someone into a '''martyr''by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession
• To torment; to torture

Examples

• Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr
• Stan is a martyr to arthritis, Chris a martyr to Stans endless moaning about it
• Some religious and other minorities were martyred until extinction.
• The lovely Amoret, whose gentle heart
• Thou martyrest with sorrow and with smart. — Spenser

Related words

• martyrdom
• martyrology
• protomartyr
• martyrial
• martyrium
• martyrizer
• martyry
• martyrion
• kynomartyrion